Intricate vs Convolute - What's the difference?
intricate | convolute |
Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
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*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness.
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*:As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
To become enmeshed or entangled.
* 1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “
To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.
* 1994 December 12, , “
To make unnecessarily complex.
To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
(botany, of a leaf) coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate)
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In lang=en terms the difference between intricate and convolute
is that intricate is to enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate while convolute is to fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.As adjectives the difference between intricate and convolute
is that intricate is having a great deal of fine detail or complexity while convolute is (botany|of a leaf) coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section (a special case of imbricate).As verbs the difference between intricate and convolute
is that intricate is to become enmeshed or entangled while convolute is to make unnecessarily complex.intricate
English
Alternative forms
* entricateEtymology 1
From (etyl) intricatus'' (past participle of ''intricare ).Adjective
(en adjective)Etymology 2
As the adjective; or by analogy with extricateVerb
(intricat)How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23):
- washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times :
- But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated .